Video showing two teams racing on the new Moscow track in Slight Mad Studios' World of Speed racing MMO. The Moscow Racing videos shows two teams battling it out on Russian streets. Each team member is able to go after specific in-race objectives and prevent the opposition from completing theirs to get victory. … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Besos National Radical SR8 RX Video
For today's one-lap run with Project CARS, we took another step away from the regularly featured single-seaters and more conventional road-going machines to run with a Track Day special. Thanks to a healthy selection in the game, the choice wasn't all that easy when faced with marques that also include Ariel, Caterham and BAC. It had been a … [Read more...]
Project CARS: BMW Z4 GT3 Zolder Video
Trying out Build 781 of the Slightly Mad sim racing title, with some time at Circuit Zolder in the BMW Z4 GT3. For another sample of Project Cars, why not also check out our video featuring the Renault Clio RS Cup at Cadwell Park? Or our trip to the Oultone Park Fosters layout, once again in the BMW Z4 GT3? And you can see all of our coverage of the original Project … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Lotus 72D Florence Video
Hot on the tracks of our newest Project CARS videos, we're in Italy for a single lap through the short course of the racing simulator's Florence circuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPcPrKc1N3c Classic Seventies with the Lotus 72 Piling legend upon legend, the racing car featured is the Lotus 72D known to anyone with a knowledge of early 1970s Formula One and long … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Cadwell Park Clio Cup Video
This time round, Lincolnshire is the county and the testing Cadwell Park is the spot for some driving. 'Short' being the order of the, er... week, the Club layout was chosen alongside a nippy little Euro racer known as Renault's Clio RS Cup. A handful it was too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVG6VP3uBl8 Narrowness prevailed over the brief run of the tarmac and with the … [Read more...]
Project CARS Compatible Wheel and Pedals List
Slightly Mad Studios has released a list of the wheels, pedals and controllers which will be compatible with Project CARS when it is released on the PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. It's a work in progress, and reflects the fact Slight Mad is working closely with Thrustmaster, including a current Hot Lap competition running over the course of two weeks with a Thrustmaster TX … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Start your engines… at Indy!
The Brickyard... Right on cue for the actual 200-lap event held last Sunday, Slightly Mad Studios announced the BIG news that IndyCar is coming to its simulator – with no less than the Indianapolis 'Indy 500' itself! Assuredly one of the motor sport world's best-known events, the legendary 2.5-mile 'Brickyard' Indianapolis Motor Speedway will feature in at least its oval … [Read more...]
Project CARS: 2015 Ford Mustang Incoming
An Equestrian Template Already replete with some 11 machines from the 110 year-old manufacturing and racing giant that is Ford, Slightly Mad Studios contentedly announced a new arrival to Project CARS at the start of this week: the 2015 Mustang GT. Mustang 2015 - A Classic Revisited The Mustang badge needs nothing in the way of an introduction to any car fan, so let's stick … [Read more...]
Project CARS gets Radicals
Three Radical prototype racers will not only appear in Project CARS, but will also play a pivotal role in the career mode. The selection begins with the Radical SR3. You'll get the Radical SR3 RS version, powered by a 260hp Powertec 1500cc 4-cylinder engine. And once you've got the hang of that, you'll have the option to move up to the Radical SR8 RX, which gives you a 430hp, … [Read more...]
Project CARS add Renault to car list
Renault is the latest company to license cars for the forthcoming Project CARS, which is due out in Autumn 2014 for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Steam OS, PC and Wii U. By now you probably know plenty about Project CARS, and the World of Mass Development (WMD) platform that was launched by Slightly Mad Studios back in October 2011 to allow gamers to fund development by being … [Read more...]
Project CARS Pre-Alpha Build 197 and BAC
Standing out amongst the constant flow of news, updated and changes to Project Cars, the community-based project from Slightly Mad Studios, was word of direct input from sports car manufacturer BAC (Briggs Automotive Company) That's important because it concerns the BAC Mono. The Stig's Car of the Year Winner for 2011, the BAC Mono is a lightweight, ultra-high … [Read more...]
Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed Review: 7/10
Shift 2 Unleashed, or the game formerly known as Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, is an interesting game as much for the publicity campaign that preceded its launch as for the game itself. Find out more with our Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed review. Whether or not you accept it as the 17th in the Need for Speed franchise, the sequel to Need for Speed: Shift was again … [Read more...]
Shift 2: Unleashed – 4 more tracks, 5 more manufacturers
The Shift 2:Unleashed circuits and manufacturers continue to be revealed as we edge closer to the release date at the end of March - another four tracks and five manufacturers have been revealed this week. Two of the tracks announced appeared in the original Need for Speed: Shift. Ebisu is a tight and twisty real world circuit primarily designed for drifting by drift racer … [Read more...]
Need for Speed Shift 2:Unleashed Official Car List
The Shift 2:Unleashed official car list is being unveiled gradually as the game nears the release date of March 29,2011, much like the Shift 2:Unleashed track list. We already know there will be 37 manufacturers represented, which is a pretty healthy number, although we also know that some of these may well be single car appearances - since the developers, Slightly Mad Studios, … [Read more...]
Shift 2: Unleashed release delayed, and Pagani Huayra exclusive revealed
We're eagerly awaiting the release of Shift 2: Unleashed to try out the novel approach to night racing, and to see if splitting the Need for Speed series into the simulater Shift series (which loses the Need for Speed title), and the more arcade fun of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has paid off. But it appears we'll have to wait a little longer than planned. Although a … [Read more...]